Verse 29

That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  La dine øyne være åpne mot dette huset både dag og natt, mot dette stedet som du har sagt: 'Mitt navn skal være der,' så du hører på den bønn din tjener ber, vendt mot dette stedet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  at dine øyne må være åpne mot dette huset natt og dag, mot stedet som du har sagt: Mitt navn skal være der, så du kan høre på bønnen som din tjener skal be mot dette stedet.

• Norsk King James

  At dine øyne kan være åpne mot dette huset natt og dag, selv mot stedet som du har sagt, Mitt navn skal være der: at du må høre på bønnen som din tjener vil gjøre mot dette stedet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Måtte dine øyne være åpne natt og dag over dette huset, over det stedet du har sagt: Mitt navn skal være der; så du hører den bønn din tjener ber på dette stedet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  La dine øyne være åpne mot dette huset natt og dag, mot det stedet du har sagt at ditt navn skal være der, så du hører bønnen din tjener ber mot dette stedet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  At dine øyne må være åpne mot dette huset natt og dag, mot dette stedet som du har sagt: Mitt navn skal være der; at du hører på bønnen som din tjener ber mot dette stedet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «La dine øyne være åpne mot dette huset, natt og dag, mot det stedet du har sagt: ‘Der skal mitt navn være’, for at du skal høre den bønn din tjener fremfører for det.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  At dine øyne må være åpne mot dette huset natt og dag, mot dette stedet som du har sagt: Mitt navn skal være der; at du hører på bønnen som din tjener ber mot dette stedet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  "La dine øyne være åpne mot dette huset natt og dag, mot det stedet du har sagt: 'Mitt navn skal være der,' så du hører den bønn din tjener ber, vendt mot dette stedet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You said, “My name shall be there,” to hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Kings.8.29", "source": "לִהְיוֹת֩ עֵינֶ֨ךָ פְתֻח֜וֹת אֶל־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ לַ֣יְלָה וָי֔וֹם אֶל־הַ֨מָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ יִהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑ם לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ אֶל־הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃", "text": "To *lihyôṯ* *ʿêneḵā* *p̄əṯuḥôṯ* to-*habbayiṯ* *hazzeh* *laylāh* and *yôm*, to-*hammāqôm* which *ʾāmartā* *yihyeh* *šəmî* there, to *lišmōa* to-*hattəp̄illāh* which *yiṯpallēl* *ʿaḇdəḵā* toward-*hammāqôm* *hazzeh*", "grammar": { "*lihyôṯ*": "qal infinitive construct - to be", "*ʿêneḵā*": "feminine dual noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*p̄əṯuḥôṯ*": "qal passive participle feminine plural - open", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward", "*habbayiṯ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the house", "*hazzeh*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this", "*laylāh*": "masculine singular noun - night", "*wāyôm*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and day", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward", "*hammāqôm*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the place", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*ʾāmartā*": "qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you said", "*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be", "*šəmî*": "masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my name", "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*lišmōa*": "qal infinitive construct - to hear", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to", "*hattəp̄illāh*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the prayer", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*yiṯpallēl*": "hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will pray", "*ʿaḇdəḵā*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant", "*ʾel*": "preposition - toward", "*hammāqôm*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the place", "*hazzeh*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this" }, "variants": { "*lihyôṯ*": "to be/exist/remain", "*ʿêneḵā*": "your eyes/attention/watchfulness", "*p̄əṯuḥôṯ*": "open/attentive/watching", "*hammāqôm*": "the place/location/site", "*yihyeh*": "will be/exist/remain", "*šəmî*": "my name/reputation/presence", "*yiṯpallēl*": "he will pray/plead/intercede" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  La dine øyne være åpne over dette hus dag og natt, over dette stedet hvor du har sagt: «Mitt navn skal være der», så du hører den bønn din tjener ber, vendt mot dette sted.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  at dine Øine skulle være aabnede over dette Huus Nat og Dag, over dette Sted, om hvilket du haver sagt: Mit Navn skal være der; til at høre den Bøn, som din Tjener beder paa dette Sted,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Måtte dine øyne alltid være vendt mot dette huset, natt og dag, mot det stedet du har sagt at ditt navn skal være, så du hører bønnen som din tjener holder mot dette stedet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  at dine øyne må være åpne mot dette hus natt og dag, mot stedet som du har sagt: Mitt navn skal være der; for å høre den bønn som din tjener ber mot dette sted.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  at Dine øyne kan være åpne mot dette huset natt og dag, mot det stedet Du har sagt: ‘Mitt navn skal være der,’ for å lytte til bønnen som Din tjener ber mot dette stedet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så dine øyne må være åpne mot dette huset natt og dag, mot stedet der du har sagt: Mitt navn skal være der; for å høre på bønnen som din tjener skal be mot dette stedet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Måtte dine øyne være åpne over dette huset dag og natt, til dette stedet hvor du har sagt: Mitt navn skal være der; høre bønnen som din tjener kan gjøre når han vender seg mot dette stedet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  so that thine eyes be open ouer this house night and daye, euen ouer this place (wherof thou saydest: My name shall dwell there.) That thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruaut maketh in this place,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, euen towarde the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shalbe there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That thyne eyes may be open toward this house nyght and day, euen toward this place, of which thou haste said, My name shal be there: That thou mayst hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruaunt prayeth in this place,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for Thine eyes being open towards this house night and day, towards the place of which Thou hast said, My Name is there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant prayeth towards this place.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

• World English Bible (2000)

  that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there;' to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there will be a place which the LORD your God will choose to make His name dwell there; there you shall bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD:
• Neh 1:6 : 6 Let Your ear now be attentive, and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against You: both I and my father's house have sinned.
• 2 Chr 6:20 : 20 That your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place.
• 1 Kgs 8:16 : 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
• 1 Kgs 8:52 : 52 That your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all that they call for to you.
• Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
• Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.
• John 14:13-14 : 13 And whatever you ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
• Exod 20:24 : 24 An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name, I will come to you, and I will bless you.
• 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
• 2 Kgs 19:16 : 16 LORD, incline your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
• 2 Kgs 21:4 : 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put my name.'
• 2 Kgs 21:7 : 7 And he set up the carved image of the Asherah he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever:'
• 2 Kgs 23:27 : 27 And the LORD said, I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
• 2 Chr 6:5-6 : 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
• Deut 16:2 : 2 Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place His name there.
• Deut 16:6 : 6 But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place His name in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.
• Deut 26:2 : 2 That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which you shall bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name there.
• 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 Hear in heaven your dwelling place, and act according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name.
• Neh 1:9 : 9 But if you turn to Me, and keep My commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the farthest part of the heaven, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set My name there.
• Ps 34:15 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
• 2 Chr 6:40 : 40 Now, my God, I beseech you, let your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
• 2 Chr 7:15-16 : 15 Now My eyes shall be open, and My ears attentive to the prayer made in this place. 16 For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
• 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.
• 2 Chr 20:8 : 8 And they dwelt in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,
• 2 Chr 33:4 : 4 He also built altars in the house of the LORD, where the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.'
• 2 Chr 33:7 : 7 And he set a carved image, the idol he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.'